Wejewa language

Wejewa (Weyewa, Wewewa) is an Austronesian language spoken on Sumba, Indonesia.

Wejewa
West Sumbanese
Native toIndonesia
RegionSumba Island
Native speakers
65,000 (1997–2011)[1]
Dialects
  • Weyewa proper
  • Loura
  • Tana Righu
  • Ve Luri
  • Wai Bangga
  • Loliina
Language codes
ISO 639-3Either:
wew – Wejewa
lur – Laura
Glottologweje1237
ELPWeyewa[2]

References
  1. Wejewa at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
    Laura at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Endangered Languages Project data for Weyewa.
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